Suppression of the antiferromagnetic order when approaching the superconducting state in a phase-separated crystal of
Abstract
Here, we combined elastic and inelastic neutron scattering techniques, magnetic susceptibility, and resistivity measurements to study single-crystal samples of KxFe2-ySe2, which contain the superconducting phase that has a transition temperature of ~31 K. In the inelastic neutron scattering measurements, we also observe both the spin-wave excitations resulting from the block antiferromagnetic ordered phase and the resonance that is associated with the superconductivity in the superconducting phase, demonstrating the coexistence of these two orders. From the temperature dependence of the intensity of the magnetic Bragg peaks, we find that well before entering the superconducting state, the development of the magnetic order is interrupted, at ~42 K. We consider this result to be evidence for the physical separation of the antiferromagnetic and superconducting phases; the suppression is possibly due to the proximity effect of the superconducting fluctuations on the antiferromagnetic order.
- Authors:
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- Nanjing Univ. (China). National Lab. of Solid State Microstructures, Dept. of Physics
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division
- Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, France
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCRN), Gaithersburg, MD
- University of California, Berkeley & LBNL
- Nanjing University, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures (NNLM), China
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1426553
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1378824; OSTI ID: 1412638; OSTI ID: 1466705
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-114293-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; TRN: US1802300
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; SC0012704; 2009-BNL-PM015; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Li, Shichao, Gan, Yuan, Wang, Jinghui, Zhong, Ruidan, Schneeloch, J A., Xu, Zhijun, Tian, Wei, Stone, Matthew B., Chi, Songxue, Matsuda, Masaaki, Sidis, Y., Bourges, P., Li, Qiang, Gu, Genda, Tranquada, John M., Xu, Guangyong, Birgeneau, R J., and Wen, Jinsheng. Suppression of the antiferromagnetic order when approaching the superconducting state in a phase-separated crystal of KxFe2-ySe2. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094503.
Li, Shichao, Gan, Yuan, Wang, Jinghui, Zhong, Ruidan, Schneeloch, J A., Xu, Zhijun, Tian, Wei, Stone, Matthew B., Chi, Songxue, Matsuda, Masaaki, Sidis, Y., Bourges, P., Li, Qiang, Gu, Genda, Tranquada, John M., Xu, Guangyong, Birgeneau, R J., & Wen, Jinsheng. Suppression of the antiferromagnetic order when approaching the superconducting state in a phase-separated crystal of KxFe2-ySe2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094503
Li, Shichao, Gan, Yuan, Wang, Jinghui, Zhong, Ruidan, Schneeloch, J A., Xu, Zhijun, Tian, Wei, Stone, Matthew B., Chi, Songxue, Matsuda, Masaaki, Sidis, Y., Bourges, P., Li, Qiang, Gu, Genda, Tranquada, John M., Xu, Guangyong, Birgeneau, R J., and Wen, Jinsheng. Wed .
"Suppression of the antiferromagnetic order when approaching the superconducting state in a phase-separated crystal of KxFe2-ySe2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094503. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1426553.
@article{osti_1426553,
title = {Suppression of the antiferromagnetic order when approaching the superconducting state in a phase-separated crystal of KxFe2-ySe2},
author = {Li, Shichao and Gan, Yuan and Wang, Jinghui and Zhong, Ruidan and Schneeloch, J A. and Xu, Zhijun and Tian, Wei and Stone, Matthew B. and Chi, Songxue and Matsuda, Masaaki and Sidis, Y. and Bourges, P. and Li, Qiang and Gu, Genda and Tranquada, John M. and Xu, Guangyong and Birgeneau, R J. and Wen, Jinsheng},
abstractNote = {Here, we combined elastic and inelastic neutron scattering techniques, magnetic susceptibility, and resistivity measurements to study single-crystal samples of KxFe2-ySe2, which contain the superconducting phase that has a transition temperature of ~31 K. In the inelastic neutron scattering measurements, we also observe both the spin-wave excitations resulting from the block antiferromagnetic ordered phase and the resonance that is associated with the superconductivity in the superconducting phase, demonstrating the coexistence of these two orders. From the temperature dependence of the intensity of the magnetic Bragg peaks, we find that well before entering the superconducting state, the development of the magnetic order is interrupted, at ~42 K. We consider this result to be evidence for the physical separation of the antiferromagnetic and superconducting phases; the suppression is possibly due to the proximity effect of the superconducting fluctuations on the antiferromagnetic order.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094503},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 9,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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